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Data centers use massive energy and water. Here’s how to build them better
The race to build AI infrastructure is draining power grids and water supplies. But with the right innovation, tomorrow’s ...
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How a powerful AI data center was built with unprecedented speed and scale using EXFO’s multi-fiber testing solution
Case study: a leading hyperscaler embarked on an ambitious journey to build an incredibly powerful data center for AI.
Spending on AI data centers is so massive that it’s taken a bigger chunk of GDP growth than shopping—and it could crash the American economy
As Rusty Foster, author of the widely read media blog Today in Tabs, puts it: “Our economy might just be three AI data ...
Meta Taps PIMCO, Blue Owl For $29 Billion Louisiana Data Center Buildout As AI Infrastructure Race Heats Up
Meta is partnering with PIMCO and Blue Owl to raise $29 billion for its data center expansion, with PIMCO handling debt and ...
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Data centers are causing problems for their neighbors
The BBC’s Michelle Fleury reports from Georgia on how the boom in data centers is raising environmental and sustainability ...
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How to Talk to Colocation Providers for Your New Data Center
Samantha Walters, CEO of Colocation America, provides four things to consider before reaching out to a retail colocation ...
Google agrees to curb power use for AI data centers to ease strain on US grid when demand surges
Google has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of ...
Google to Reduce AI Data Center Power Use During Peak Demand
In new agreements with two US utilities, Google has committed to rescheduling or pausing non-urgent AI workloads when the ...
DTE, Consumers join AI race with efforts to power Michigan data centers
The power provision agreements the utilities are negotiating have the potential to drive up costs for ratepayers in years to ...
Electricity rates surge amid heat waves, AI data center expansion. How prices spiked in Tennessee
Electricity rates have increased across the U.S. amid heat waves and demand from AI data centers. Here's how prices have ...
A Former GM and Lordstown Motors Factory Might Become an AI Data Center
From classic cars to failed EV dreams to a new AI future. We trace the history of the Lordstown factory and explore its new ...
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Data Centers: Powering AI And Avoiding Obsolescence - Forbes
As AI applications grow, so does their energy footprint. For data centers operating in urban areas, where power availability can be constrained, this is an issue that’s becoming harder to ignore.